Hundreds Gather on Oxford Street for Ocarina of Time Remake Launch
Hundreds of people gathered on Oxford Street on Thursday night for early copies of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, while The New York Times reported that fans of the 1998 original are reliving their childhoods.
According to The Guardian, hundreds of people gathered on Oxford Street on Thursday night in hopes of obtaining early copies and collectibles of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, a gathering the newspaper linked to the revival of the midnight game launch. The Guardian's report, written by Tom Regan, said the writer found himself among the crowd outside an Argos store on the street.
Regan described the scene as a reminder of the "shared experience of fandom," a theme the report presents as central to the evening. The report's headline asks whether the game was worth the wait, but the excerpt available for this story does not state the writer's conclusion on that question.
The New York Times reported that Nintendo's Ocarina of Time was released in 1998 and that its remake has prompted some fans to revisit their youth. The Times report, by Emmett Lindner, said some of those fans are "giddily reliving their childhoods."
The two reports differ in emphasis. The Guardian's account centers on an in-person launch crowd, while The New York Times centers on nostalgia among players who first encountered the 1998 game in earlier years. The Guardian's excerpt does not specify how many copies were available at the Oxford Street location, and the summaries available for this story give no sales figures for the remake. The Guardian's report was published on November 6, 2026, and The New York Times's report on November 7, 2026, according to the publication dates in the source records.
Sources: The Guardian: The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time has revived the midnight game launch - but was it worth the wait?; The New York Times: A ‘Legend of Zelda’ Game Is Reborn and ’90s Nostalgia Fans Are All In.